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10 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES. “Archarena.” ‘The new game—a great improvement on Nice ornumental Teantant ais wly------ $250 Lots of other new games—Caroms, Mail Crokinole. Game, and Bicycle Race—with which to en- tertain you in the long winter evenings Ahead of us. No trouble to show you every one of them, whether you wish to“buy now or not. Tappan’s, 1013 Pa. Ave. de10-tudef,24 —I print anything from a visiting card to a circus poster—and perform “gilt-edged” work in every instance. Prompt to the minute promised, too. Small charges are another feature. "Phone 1679. Elliott, "=" 506 10th St. de10-10d Dunlap Hats —are the hats for “dresey’* men and “dressy” oceusions—the hat to wear at the club—in the hotel lobby—on the promenade. Not for use only, either, but for ornament. Dunlap’s name in a hat takes so much responsibility off the buyer. ‘He does not need feel the felt, for Dunlap’s are always the finest. Sole District agents. CHAS. H. RUOFF, Up-to-date hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. Good Gifts for Men at Half Usual Prices. ——A new Tie always pleases a man, and when it comes as gift it brings double the pleasure. Make your selection from our stock DOW, if it’s a $1.50 Tie ¥ us T5e.; $1.00 ones fOr SOc. ; SOc. for Ze Be. for 12%c. In order to give all our time to shirt making we must close out our stock of furnishings. P. T. HALL, 908 F'st. de10-164 When it comes to shirt comfort We'll make the kind that'll embody comfort of the most sat isfactory sort, and in point of sight1iness, wear, material, Shirts, &e.—they'll_ not be excelled by any ® shirtmaker in the land. So. Perfect fit guaranteed. Work done on the prem- tees. Frank Wells, Shittmaker. 1411 Pa, Ave. = —. |.3 Shirts To-order, $4.50. men a little “skittish” about placing an onde for a dozen or half dos- en Shirts for fear they may ot Bt or prove satisfactory. We know our ability, so will hereafter take orders fo 3 Bhirts for $4.50, and you need rot take them if they do not fit. Harry T. Miller, the ‘expert’? Shirt cutter? Is ‘now with us. We bought the business of the Spindler rrr aa RM se ~~ 99 Shirt_Co., léth 66 oS, 9) st. Re-orders from ayer's,” | Soyer promptly attended 943 Pa. Ave. to! 4e5-3m Fine Dress Suits .. To Order, $30. N ©, gentleman's wardrobe is complete without an Evening Dress Suit—we make them ap in best styles and guarantee a fit and entire satisfaction for $30—see those now being made up. [7A Fine Black Kersey Overcoat to order for 32—All-wool Overcoats as low HASLE?T & PISTEL, tpteae 1345 PA. AVE. N. W. shop. 9-200 If your timepiece doesn’t “work right’ see Hutterly. Probably the finest wateh repair work in the south has been turned out in this pluce—called the “Hospital for Sick Watches.” ‘The ‘expertness that nearly sixteen years’ experlence in this one husiness""Dootor"’.. “Hutterly possesses, = Low cha 632 G St, opposite Gty P. O. deo-120 The Social Season At the Capital —promises to be a brilliant one. ‘There will be. receptions, dinner and theater par- tes galore. Lt Gs furaish the Carriagcs— our “turnouts” aren't excelled by ANY. Reliable, _well-trainea and — well-liveried coachmen—reasonable charges. EFit von have your own team have it hoarded HERE. Fireproof building and everything first-class, DowWney’s Hotel for Horses, 1622-1628 L STREET N. W. ‘PHONE 555, de4-20d Did You Ever Try our method of Glove selling? All Gloves fitted to your hand at our risk. If they rip in wearing—they rarely do—we repair them—FREE. Our $1.00 KID GLOVE—with thi: guarantee—is a good investment. eee eee eee eee eee eee HENRY FRANC & SON, SEY. 9020-8m,28 SUPERIOR’S BLEAK SHORE. Almost as Many Perils on the Great Lake as at Sea. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘The recent aceident to the steamer Mis- soula tends to show more clearly than any- thing that has occurred the vast area of Lake Superior, and the possibility of a ves- sel's crew reaching land after shipwreck and yet being unheard of for a couple of weeks after starting on a voyage. The sheres vf Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne- sota on the big lake are traversed by rail- Ways and telegraph lines, and the towns and small settlements on the American side of the lake, even to the islands, furnish ready meens of communication with the larger eilies; but not so on that part of the Cana- dian shore north of the lakes, where a wil- derness inhabited by a few fishermen and Indians exists. This !s especially true of the Canadian shore just above Sault Ste. Marie, and for a long stretch of country to the north and east of the point where the Canadian Pacific railway turns in to the shore of the lake and traverses {t on toward Port Arthur and Fort William. When the Missoula broke her shaft and was rendered helpless she was less than twenty-five miles from Caribou Island on the course down toward Sault Ste. Marie. She was somewhat off the regular course of vessels bound down from the head of Lake Superior, but if she had been able to make any headway toward the Sault, or care for herself at all on the course she was follow- ing. she would have been picked up very goon after the accident by some passing ves- sel. But a southerly wind drifted her out of the course of even the few vessels trading to Canadian ports at the head of the lakes, and she was working over toward the wild- est part of the Canadian north shore terri- tory when her crew was compelled to aban- don her. A glance at the chart will show that Brule Point, where the crew of the Missoula first made land, ts scarcely more than sevent: five miles from Sault Ste. Marie,where 000,000 tons of freight passes through a canal In a single season, and yet the men in one of the Missoula’s yawl boats spent nearly two days working along the shore of the take before they found any more sign of life than a deserted fisherman's shan in which they built a fire and dried their wet clothing. The fishing season had closed, but even fishermen are scarce in this territory during the most active pertods. It is not strange, therefore, that the men from the Missoula were nearly a full week in finding means of communicating with the owners of the vessel after they had landed on the dreary north shore of Lake Superior. - soe = Enterprising Ainerican capitalists hz obtained a concession which will allow the construction of electric tramways through the streets of Lima, Peru. SPORTS OF THE DAY Proposed International Athletic Meet Next Fall. - DAN BROUPRERS FOR PHILADELPHIA Clearwater Increases His Lead at Syracuse. JIM HALL AFTER A FIGHT ae The English Amateur Athletic Associa- tion has refused to accept the alleged rec- ords of A. R. Downer and C. Bradiey of 0.09 4-5 for the 100-yard run, sald to have been made by them at Stoke last August. The association, after a long debate, decid- ed to approve of the match to be held in London next fall between teams represent- ing the New York Athletic Club and the London Athletic Club, provided the condi- tions under which the contests are to be held prove satisfactory to the officers of the Amateur Athletic Association. The London | Athletic Club has invited the co-operation of the Irish and Scottish associations and of Oxford and Cambridge universities, so that the best possible team may be obtained. Philadelphia Gets Brouthers. Dan Brouthers wil cover first base for Philadelphia next year, Louisville having sold him for Catcher Buckley and $500. Buckley will become a regular catcher for Louisville. The $300 is the amount of the fine assessed against Brouthers for his de- sertion last year. Brouthers is anxious to get back into the game. Clearwater Increases His Lead. The results of yesterday’s games in the Syracuse pool tourney were: Keogh, 128; Stofft, 78 Scratches—Keogh, 3; Stofft, 3. Horgan, 127; Sherman, 123. Scratches— Horgan, 2; Sherman, 9, De Oro, 121; Sutton, 126. Scratches—De Oro, 1; Sutton, 1. Clearwater, 182; Sherman, 104. Scratches —Clearwater, 7; Sherman, 6. Jim Hall After the Championship. Jim Hall, the Australian pugilist, who has heen Maher's sparring partner, is in Cleve- land. Speaking of the Maher-Fitzsimmens fight, Hall sald: “I am In line for the cham- pionship now. I have been boxing with Maher as his sparring partner for some weeks, and I feel certain that*Fitzsimmons will defeat him, I feel just as certain that I can beat Fitzsimmons as I did once before. In our second fight, when I had him at my mercy, I grew careless and he got in a chance blow, putting me out.” Maher Eager to Fight. Peter Maher and his manager, J. J. Quinn, are greatly surprised about the reported failure of Fitzsimmons to sign the articles for a fight for $10,000. In a dispatch from Houston, Texas, the Australian is accredited with saying that he will fight only for a $20,000 and a $5,000 side bet. Notwithstand- ing that Maher understood the articles, as they now are, to he satisfactory to all con- cerned, he says that he is willing to accept Fitzsimmons” figures. Princeton's New Foot Ball Captain. Garrett Cochran has been elected captain of the Princeton foot ball eleven. His elec- tion was unanimous, although a departure from the usval custom of electing a junior to the position. Cochran ts president of the present sophomore class, and a popular man in college. He is a son of State Senator Cochran of Williamsport, Pa. Bacon Wants to Run George. F. E. Bacon, the champion amateur dis- tance runner of Great Britain, has agreed to run a series of races against W. G. George at one, four and ten miles in July rext, if the Amateur Athletic Association of England will consent to such a race. George 1s a professtonal and has challenged Baeon. In case the consent of the Amatcur Association authorities cannot be secured, Bacon may turn professional and run George, anyway. Carter Playing Good Billiards. Eugene Carter, the American billiard player, who is now playing a series of ex- hibition games in London, is creating quite @ furore there, in what the English papers call a “cannon” game. It ts the straight three-ball carom game as played here. Car- ter concedes a start of 200-in a 300-point game, or 300 in a 400-point game to the. British players, and thus far has beaten them all handily. November 22 he con- ceded J. Lloyd 266 in 400, and won by 101 points, making runs of 144 and 102, the lat- ter unfinished, as it carried him out. On November 28 he defeated W. J. Peall 200 in 800, and beat him handily, Peall scoring but 7 points. Then Carter, playing cushion caroms, beat Peall playing the straight game 40 to 30. Carter has made runs of 350 (enfinished), 284, 222, 192 (unfinished) and 144 in his games. Carter is trving to get on games at English billiards with John Pob- erts, the English champion, and W. W. Peall, but according to the last exch had not succeeded. a Showalter Benten. The eleventh game of the championship chess match between Lipschuetz and Sho- walter was played at New York yesterday and won by the former after eleven hours of play, the game being one of the longest on record. The score now stands Showal- ter, 5; Lipschuetz, 4; drawn, 2. GEORGE VANDERBILT'S CASTLE. Biltmore, Which Cost Five Million Dollars, is Nearly Finished. Frem the New York World. The work cn George W. Vanderbilt's es- tate near Ashevillg, N. C., on which he has erected a mansion that breaks all records for residences in this country, is reported to be nearly finished. Thirty-four pieces of land as large as Cen- tral Park could be cut out of the estate, which consists of 30,000 acres. Each mem- ber of Mr. Vanderbilt's family can, there- fore, have all to himself a private playground as large as all the breathing spots set aside for a million and a half New Yorkers. The mansion stands on a spot once occu- pied by a mountain peak. Mr. Vanderbilt had the peak cut off and carted away. In order to expedite the construction of his castle a plant was put up that turned out 60,000 bricks and 2,000 flower pots a day, the latter to be used in a seventy-five-acre plot set aside for greenhouses and nurseries. A $50,000 railroad was built between Bilt- more station and the castle for the transfer of materials, and this line will be torn up when the work fs done. There ts a deer park of 3,000 acres, and ex- tensive trout ponds. The greatest curiosity of the estate, however, is the fact that right in the center of it stands the shanty of a colored man who refused to sell his nine acres to the millionaire. Mr. Vanderbilt offered $900 for the prop- erty, which was worth much less than that. But the colored man was wise. “Say, bos: he remarked, “if that’s worth $900 to you I guess {t's worth $10,000 to me. I'm a poor man, I am, and if kcan afford to refuse $10,- 000 for a place like that I should think a mil. onaire like you wouldn't be afraid to p: $40,000 for it.” It is said in the neighbor- hood that this Is the sum Mr. Vanderbilt had to pay and since then the colored man has had 'possumeand sweet potatoes on his table three times a day. The entire enterprise, it is estimated, will cost Mr. Vanderbilt about $5,000,000. | The annual outlay, of course, will be enormous. Mystery Story Final Chapter. The final chapter of the mystery story, “Before They Were Married,” will be pub- lished in next Saturday’s Star. Guesses as to the solution of the mystery may be ferwarded to The Star office until Wed- nesday evening at 6 o'clock, when the polls close. As 1s well known, the $250 of- fered in prizes are to be awarded only for explanations sent In by women and girls according to published conditions. AMERICA FOR AMERICANS Mr, Oullom’s Speech to the Senate on the Monroe Doctrine. Great Britain’s Vast Possessions in the United States—Time for a Pronounced Policy. Mr. Cullom today addressed the Senate on the joint resolution heretofore intro- duced by bim, providing for a legislative affirmance uf the Monroe doctrine. He said that in order that the United States should maintain the national honor, with its pres- ent unity and integrity, it must have an affirmative policy of such unquestioned pro- priety as to receive the universal sanctiom of the people. In his judgment, the United States cou'd no longer delay the proclama- fon of the American poiicy, known as the Monroe doctrine. The governments of the old world should know that seventy milton™ American citizens were a unit in main- taining that doctrine. Instead of remain- ing merely an edict of the President, the doctrine enunciated by President Monroe should bear the definite approval of Con- gress, dnd thus become a permanent ordi- nance. Other nations seemed to regard the Monroe doctrine as impotent in guiding the conduct of the government, and hence they proceeded to the accomplishment of their purposes without much reference to It. In Mr. Cullom's judgment, the time had come when,the nation should put the ques- tlon beyond cavil by a congressional declaration of the doctrine. The nation had played diplomacy Icrg enough and without much effect. Great Britain had been disregarding polite requests, protests, arguments, ete., upon her policy to reach out further, until, if left alone, she will finally dominate Venezuela. The time had come for a plain, pesitive declaration of the Monroe doctrine by Congress, and then, if necessary, plain, positive enforcement of it against all comers. Mr. Cullom referred to the penchant of the great European powers for the occupa- tion and absorption of the territory of weak foreign nations, whose productions were of importance to their trade and commerce. The United States, he said, was the fir: great nation which had declined to estab- lish any scrt of protectorate or to maintain distant colonies. The United States, he sald, drew tke line exactly where it existed at the time when President Monroe made his memorable declaraticn, and where the people belleved it should remain. While the United States had no concern with for- eign usurpaticns in the eastern hemisphere, it could not permit the possession of the independent governments of America— North or South—to become subject to Bus ropean domination. Does Not Want the Earth. The United States did not claim the world as its own, but that it did insist on its right to be consulted as to affairs pertaining to the American continents. It did not go prancing about the world seeking for some struggling nation to set free, but it ac- knowledged kinship in a degree with all the republics of America. The United States could not sit indifferently by when the ter- ritorial integrity of any of these neighbor- ing countries was questioned by a foreign nation. It would always be awake to any such attempt, and it was its business to see to it that their possessions were not ma- terially curtailed from the just line estab- lished years ago by treaty stipulations. The Senator said the United States could not consent to leave open, even to the slightest possibility of misconception, the position of the United States. It could not allow any European country to obtain an unrighteous sovereignty over any addition- al American soil. Neither would the Unit- ed States ever allow, by diplomatic manipu- lation, with or without the concurrence of any weak South American governmént, that any additional territory should, by the assumption of a disputed boundary line, become tributary to or part of any Euro- pean sovereignty. “Let us build so strongly and speak so plainly,” said Mr. CuHom, “that the way of the future executives, prime ministers and ambassadors of our country will be un- doubted. Let it be so clear that no states- man of the future can find, as Mr. Calhou did in the Senate, any ingenious theory to weaken its force and value. Let it be so certain and emphatic that no Secretary of State can hereafter become a willing party to a treaty_yielding a share of the control and supervision of any inter-oceanic canal to any European country, as in the Clayton- Bulwer treaty. And let it be so straight and practical that no American ambassador to the British court shall feel at Mberty to question the*policy of his own government cr, possibly, apologize for the Declaration of Independence and the Monroe doctrine of 1823."" Grent Britain's Americag Territory. The Senator called attention to the fact that while the United States has an area, including Alaska, of 3,600,000 square miles, there were 000 square miles of terri- tory on this hemisphere over which floated the British flag, showing that a great for- eign power already borders, a territor! nearly equal to ours. Whether that power was warlike or peaceful, its presence was an actual fact, and the experience of this country with Great Britain In the past had been t long as the United States could comm peace, It could have peace. For a good many years the nations of the world, said the Senator, had been chary about leaving any unoccupied territory or any scattering islands unprotected over night, for fear the morning would find them under the paw of the British lion. Toward the close of his remarks Mr. Cul- lom adyerted to Cuba, and said that this government had already indicated that the control of Cuba by any other European power than Spain would be inimical to the welfare of this country, and that the only alternative to which Americans would con- sent was tke absorption of Cuba by the United States. That policy regarding Cuba was probably well understood by the world, and was, in fact, nothing more than a re- iteration of the Monroe doctrine, as applied to conditions but slightly modified. The Control of North America. In conclusion, the Senator said: “How much more important and sig- nificant to the United States than in any of the exigencies noted where the Monroe doctrine or its equivalent has been asserted by our statesmen is the existing and now present condition in which our former rival competes with us for the control of North America? This great area of British ter- ritory may or may not be a menace to our country. As is sometimes said, that de- pends. One thing, however, is ‘manifest— that the United States must look after the United States. We are old enough and strong enough to stand alone, to walk alone and to hold our ground among the nations of the earth. Shall we de it? Shall we always be ready and prepared to meet great questions when they arise; to take every precaution against surprise, and to bear always the American standard to the fore? In my judgment it is the bounden duty of the legislators of the United States to be on the alert for every indication of the growing power and increasing significance of every foreign nation whose future sit- uation may benefit or injure our own coun- try. “The growing industrial power of Eng- land In America is of quite as great signi cance to us as her territorial expansion. The railways of Canada, aided and sustai ed by government appropriations, have stimulated every branch of enterprise in that dominion. The competition which has followed between Canada and the United States In regard to various great commer- cial and industrial undertakings has not been a subject of wholly unalloyed gratiti- cation to our people. It remains for us, as representatives of the people of the United States, to decide whether the great terri- tory of Canada, with ‘ts sister colonies in- numerable in the West Indies and else- where surrounding and guarding our own approaches to the Gulf of Mexico and to the delta of the Mississippi, shall be deemed as demanding any further assertion of our own polic Literary Personal, Frem the Atlanta Constitution, Seven new southern magazines are soon to be started by young gentlemen who want to lear how to write and get their coutri- butions accepted. ‘The town of Billville, in the county of Bill, state of Georgia, has no less than six liter ary societies, and the membership therevf enjoys a fine ‘possum supper every Satur- day night. There is certainly money in literature. Three Georgia authors who, ten years a didn't have a dollar in the world, are now running flourishing grocery stores and ha failed in business several times. WEBSTER’S PROTEGE | iw M Capt. Bassett Appointed Through the Statesman’s:, Influence. SINTY.FOUR YEARS OF PUBLICSERVICE at 51 Se The White-Haired Assistant Door- keeper Now on“Hig’ Death Bed. as AN INTERESTING CAREER There has been no more picturesque per- sonality about the United States Capitol than Captain Isaac Bassett, the assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, whose death is momentarily é€xpected. Sixty-four years of service under the government has had no influence to cause him to feel that he had any claim for a continuation of his official place except the claim that would arise because of duties well and conscien- tiously performed. He has proved faithful in his humble capacity, which carried with it duties often commensurate with a much higher place. He has always been as kind- hearted as a child, his life as simple as a child's, his every action prompted by mo- tives of henor. From his earliest days he has occupled a place of trust and he has regarded a violation of confidence as the most grievous sin man could commit. ¥ Sketch of His Life. Captain Bassett was born in this city in 1819, his father having come to Washing- ton from Connecticut to take a position at the Capitol, being employed about the Sen- ate as a doorkeeper when young Isaac, a bright and docile boy of twelve years, was appointed a page at the instance of Daniel Webster. Isaac would frequently go over to the Capitol with his father and busy himself aiout any work he could do. He would heip niake fires, and an orderly instinct caused him to improve the appear- ance of the Senators’, desks when they came to the Capitol at'poon. He was al- ways alert and ready to,run an errand, and before long he became ,pet—a Senate mas- cot. A lovable little ,fallow, he won the heart of Daniel Webster, among others, and Webster took occasion fo see that the boy would not be lost to the Senate by having him &ppointed a page, be being the second page to serve that bod; Young Isaac was the, recipient of many favors at the hands of Daniel Webster. The latter would frequently call him to his side, take him upon his knee and talk to him kindly. The little page had no cause to fear the austere states in these days, but the time was to come when their relations became more formal. Cap- tain Bassett never forgot the day when this change came abdyt. Mr. Webster wanted a carriage and, he sent Isaac to find one. The boy walkéd argund the Cap- itol, but the evér-present hackmen were for once cut of sight. He Went to the Senate and going familiarly ,up to the statesman whom so many held in awe said: “There are no carrlages, Senator. They've all gone. ss There was no. carriage! Perhans Mr. Web- ster thought the bey had.yersel on that ‘ne where “familiarity breeds contempt,” and‘that he had been erent to his command. He turned en the page, annoyed at the delay he suffered in not being able to leave the Capitol when he wished, and, with the severity for which he was so well known on greater occasivas, said: “Get me a carriage; get one if you have to xo to Georgetown! From that moment Isaac no longer ap- proache1 Webster as a child might approach its father. He always went to him fer- rally, as a soldier might go to a martinet, and no overtures on the part of Webster cculd draw the child to him as of old. The rebuke nearly frightened the Ife out of young Isaac, and he found a carriage. There were no street cars in those days, no telephone to quickly communicate with a livery stable, but If a carriage were want- ed, It was necessary to find it somewhere— anywhere. Capt. Bassett never forgot how he ran on that occasion, here, there, every- where, wondering whether there was a con- spiracy among the hackmen to keep out of his way, nervously looking back t see if Webster, whose austerity was riveted on his memory, was giving him chase. Finally he got the coveted vehicle and Webster was appeased. Strange stories have been told about the effect of this rebuke on young Bassett. A favorite story is that the boy's hair turned white while Webster looked at him, but the explanation of this fiction is that the Bassett family were given to gray hair early in life, and the captain’s began to turn white when he was quite a young man. _ A Familiar Figure. Noe Serfator has been pointed out to so many visitors to the Capitol as has Capt. Bassett. For a generation he has heen one of the sights of the bullding as little to be overlooked as would be the marble room adjoining the Senate, or the echo stones in the old House of Representatives. It was before the war-that he was made assistant doorkeeper of the Senate. At the assem- bling of the Senate he could always be seen at the left hand of the Vice President, He stood reverentially as the chaplain asked a divine blessing on the proceedings of Con- gress. Tall, always attired with scrupulous neatness, for many years wearing a black broadcloth Prince» Albert coat, bis long white beard and hoary locks ‘allowed to grow to his shoulders and brushed to a marvelous degree of precision, his serene countenance and ever watchful eye, are features of his appearance remembersd by every one who has seen Capt. Isaac Las- sett, assitant doorkeeper of the Senate. It was his proud claim that he never missed a single session, day or night, of the Senate since 1 until two Years ago, when he broke down during the night sessions when the repeal of the Sherman law was being considered. But he ptillscould til the meeting of the presenf,Congress had never missed the opening of Congress for sixty-four years, If bore upon him heavily when he reqlized that he could not be in the Senate whep thé Fifty-fourth Con- gress was called to order,,and from noon of that day hls attendahts Apted that he grew worse. All during the summer and fall Capt. Bassett hoped ,to beable to be at the Capitol on December, 3, and as that day ap- proached and he did not gain strength, he still hoped he would. be able to be taken over to his accustomed place, even if he were able to remain buf 3 short time. Capt. Bassett has not eRjoyed a sinecure all his life. During Tate years he has been relieved from much of the active work that fell to him formerly, A. H. Stewart, his assistant on the floor, assuming many of his duties. But for years he was to the Senate what an executive officer is to a man-of-war. Everything was in his keeping, and if any Senator had a complaint to make he made it to the captain. The Senate has al- ways been a fastidicus body, and Capt. Ras- sett knew the Spanish proverb, “There is no such thing as a trifle.’ He was everywhere, familiar with every detail of the Senate, eo far as it related to the material comfort of that body, and never merited reproach for an oversight. All the pages looked upon him as a father and he ruled them by love rather than through discipline. His Home Life. . Capt. Bassett’s home life has been a happy one. For many years he has lived on street just north of East Capitol, The house was built many years ago, and has a com- fortable side yard, while the captain’s love of whatever has age led him to preserve above his door the old number, marked in gilt letters, which designated his home be- fore the present numbering was adopted. He looked upon the “No. 18" as a usurper of “No: 387." wife is living and he has two sons, Isaac Bassett, jr., and Geo. Bas- sett, and a daughter, while there is an Isaac Bassett the third, who was a page in the Senate until he developed into manhood, when he cought other employment. In 1888 Capt. and Mrs. Bassett celebrated their golden weddin; and on that occasion they received a number of presents from members of the United States Senate, as well as a handsome written testimonial signed by Henry B. Anthony, and accom- panied by a portrait of himeeif in oll. Capt. Bassett is one of two men employed in the service of the Senate who are appro- aoe for by name. Besides his salary of per annum, he is $500 appropriation. ee pees Faithful to His Trust. Many are the stories that are told of Capt. Bassett, nearly all of them being in- stances of his great fidelity to duty. During the war Capt. Bassett went into the Senate to find several soldiers busy defacing the desk formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis. They were hacking the woodwork with their bayonets. Bassett promptly went to them and in his quiet way remarked: “That desk was used by Mr. Davis, but it’s the property of the United States, and i am here to protect it. Please don’t touch it again.” The captain’s argument was heeded, and the desk romains in the Senate now, being used by Senator Cockrell of Missouri. Capt. Bassett was a lover of relics. Every desk in the Senate had a history known to him. These desks are nearly all of great age, though they are kept in such thorough repair that they have the appearance of being new. He could. tell who had used. each desk, and his mind was filled with Personal incidents connected with the Sen- ate property. It was such things that ap- pealed to him. He knew little about the political business of the Senate, and while he thought little of the great political sig- nificance of a speech, he would remember the speech and its peculiar effect on the Senate and the occupants of the galleries. He had no politics, except that he was an intense Union man, and to him the country Was one, and political divisions seemed in- significant. All Senators were simply “Senators” to him, and that title called forth his most intense interest and respect. It was enough for him to know that a Senator wanted something. He was sure to have it if the cuptain could supply it. Republicans and democrats were alike to him. They were all kind to him, and he knew they were all “Senators. It Wasn't ‘Gocked. An instance ccecurred about a quarter of ®@ century ago which showed how cool Capt. Bassett could be under trying cir-_ cumstances. It was in connection with that famous, exciting scene which took place in the Senate lobby when Senator Willard Saulsbury came to the Capitol in a condition which caused him to lose control of himself. Senator Saulsbury was to be quieted, and the inoffensive Bassett was chosen to approach him in order to pacify him. The former didn’t quite understand what Capt. Bassett was going to do, and, drawing a pistol, he placed its muzzle to the captain's chest, saying, in an excited tone of voice: ° “If you touch me I'll kill you. Capt. Bassett didn't wince, and the pistol was not fired. When he talked of the inci- dent, which brought him many congratu- lations for his coolness, he said: “But I looked at the pistol, and saw it Wasn't cocked.” When there was a high state of excite- ment prevalent during the Tilden electoral incident, it was the duty of Capt. Bassett to carry papers from one house of Con- gress to the other. An innocent partici- pant in the proceeding, yet Capt. Bassett was the victim of a good deal of hard feei- ing, and he received anonymous letters threatening his life. However absurd this inclination to wreak vengeance on the in- offensivg official may appear, he was, in a measure, a target for cranks, but he main- tained his outward calm aspect for which he was always known. His Reminiscences. A favorite theme of Capt. BasSett has been hir declared determination to write a book cf reminiscences, and it is known that he has a couple of trunks filled with ma- terial with which to construct his work. He is supposed to have considerable manu- script in shape to be published, but being very reticent about all his actions there is no one who has a very definite idea of what his material consists. It is supposed to be made up mostly of incidents relating to personal matters which have occurred in the Senate within his memory and of which hg has been an eye witness. As he cared little for political questions, and took no interest in them, it is not likely that any papers he has’ left contain more than sketches of personal incidents. Many stories are related of the simplic- ity of the life of Capt. Bassett. He was entirely free from anything that could in the most remote way be termed a dissipa- tion. He was a total abstainer from to- bacco. He hardly knew the taste of wine, but he did indulge in pinches of snuff, a habit he acquired in the old days in the Senate, and he always had charge of the senatorial snuff boxes, which remain in the Senate chamber to this day, though they have become obsolete. The captain has been presented with a number of handsome snuff boxes, and he has exchanged pinches of snuff with many of the most famous men in the history of this country. In the Same Company. Senator Gorman has always had an es- pecially kind place in his heart for Capt. Bassett,whose acquaintance he made when, as a page, he revered the captain and re- garded him as one of the greatest men in the country. Mr. Gorman knew Capt. Bas- sett quite well in his early days. During the war,when the venerable assistant door- keeper was elected captain of a military company in the District of Columbic, young Gorman was chosen a lieutenant in the same command. The aompany was drilled by Capt. Bassett, and it became pro- ficient as one of the means for defending the Capitol. It was never called out in active service, however. It was by this service that Mr. Bassett became “Capt.” Bassett, as he has since been known. ———__-2+_____. BUILDING MATERIALS. Interesting Experiments Made to De- termine Their Relative Values. From the Boston Journal of Commerce. Experiments have lately been made in Vienna to determine the efficiency of varlous building materials in resisting fire, and in especial the protection afforded by these to iron work. For this purpose an iron column was constructed, consisting of two channel Lars 5x2 3-4 inches, braced together by iat- tice work, and having placed in the space between them vartous alloys melting at tem- peratures between 150 and 1,650 degrees F., this being surrounded by brick work in mortar, forming a pier some eighteen inches square. This column was loaded with suff- cient weight to cause a stress of three and a quarter tons per square inch on the tron work, and placed in a brick chamber twelve by eight feet in plan and eleven and one- half feet high. Fuel was distributed over the floor of this chamber to a depth of three feet, fired for two and one-half hours, and then extinguished. The next day, when the heat had sufficiently subsided to allow an examination, it was found that although the edges of the brickwork were crumbled to the extent of one and a half inches, the iron column was uninjured, and only the test bar, fusing at 150 degrees F., showed any signs of melting. +o+—___ Two Drummers for Trade. Fiom the Portland (Me.) Advertiser. A Portland merchant has recently had il- lustrated to him, in the person of two com- mercial travelers. great vicissitudes of for- tune. One who called to solicit trade for a eertain brand of catsup, was at one time one of the leading merchants of Boston, and his residence, when adversity came, sold under the hammer for $73,000. The other, who had a line of cigars, had been twice elected governor of one of the largest of the middle western states. ———+0+—___ Color of the Eye. From the New York Times, 3 It has been remarked by those who are mcst conversant with the anatomy of the optic that the darkest-hued eye is mtost susceptible to change. The fading of the black eye is no secret, as it is almost uni- versal, and this is natural and accounted for from the known fact that the black eye is not black, but a yellow of deep color and sometimes found in combination with one or more colors. The light blue and the gray seem to be the most lasting. HOLIDAY On account of the Christmas Holi- days the Pennsylvania Railroad will issue round-trip tickets on dates as above at reduced rates between all stations east of and including Pitts- burg and Erie and west of Elizabeth and Sea Girt. F ‘Tickets sold December 21st to a5th and December 3ist. and Janu- ary Ist. Good to return until Janu- ON. RATES VIA ary 7th. eXCGUR PENNSYLVA RAILROAD. A10814 GRAND LODGE. Local ‘Good Templars Listen to Re- ports. The thirtieth annual session of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars assembled last evening at Elks’ Hall, and was very largely attended. Grand Chief Templar A. N. Can- field presided, and the report of this officer was an exhaustive review of the condition of the order and its needs. ‘The report of Grand Secretary Kalstrom presented the figures by which is shown that during the year the order has increas- ed in number of lodges, number of mem- bers and financial resources, and is in every way in a good and healthy condition. Grand Superintendent Juvenile Temples Mr. Russell showed that the work among the children is progressing satisfactorily, and is attracting greater attention than formerly. ‘The several reports were referred to ap- propriate committees, after which a recess was taken until tomorrow evening, when the Grand Lodge meets again at the same place. At that time the officers for the next year will be elected. ae age The Fish Market. Shad from Florida are in the markets now and are selling at 60 and 75 cents each. ‘They are very small, and dealers say they do not compare with the quality of the shad caught about here. Two shad were caught in.the Potomac river last week at one of R. A. Golden's fishing shores. It is reported that the fish law is being violated in what is known aa Little river, between Analostan Island and the Virginia shore. Three days ego some fishermen hauled seine there and succeeded in getting several hundred big mouth bass, some of which weighed as much as five pounds. The fish are now on sale in one of the markets. Some time ago these alleged violations were reported, and it was expected that some prosecutions would follow, but so far as is known no warrants have been issued. —_—.__ Doesn't Pay Alimony. Judge Hagner has issued a rule against James A. Peck, directing him to appear December 21, and show cause why he should not be adjudged guilty of contempt of court. This action was taken at the re- quest of Emma Peck, who was granted a divorce from James A. Peck November 24, 1894. He was aiso ordered to pay her $8 per month alimony,which, Mrs. Peck claims, he has failed to do, in spite of frequent re- quests. In her petition Mrs. Peck stated that the defendant has been constantly em- ployed since the date of the divorce decree as a waiter and attendant in the restau- rant connected™with the House of Repre~ sentatives. Given Eight Montks. A colored woman named Nettie Mason sat in @ photograph gallery this morning, but she did not look pleasant when the photog- repher said “ready.” Nettie did not have her picture taken-for her friends, but did so because she was compelled to do so by the police, and now her face will be seen in the rogues’ gallery. Until yesterday she was employed as a domestic in the house of Mrs. Waters at No. 58 I street northeast. One of the boarders in the house was sick yes- terday, and under some alleged false repre- sentation she got possession of the paueni’s pocketbook, which contained 37. Another pocketbook, which contaiaed $11, also dis- appeared, and with them went Nettie. later in the afternoon Precinct Detective Hartigan and Policeman Bean found Nettie in company with Lizzie Dixon, and both of them had been drinking. Nettfe denied the charge, but the circumstances against her | were so strong that she was locked up. Judge Miller heard the case this morning, and gave the woman eight months in jail. ———__ Mystery Story Final Chapter. The final chapter of the mystery story, “Before They Were Married," will be pub- lished in next Saturday’s Star. Guesges as to the solution of the mystery may be forwarded to The Star office until Wed- nesday evening at 6 o'clock, when the polls close. As is well-known, the $250 of- fered in prizes are to be awarded only for explanations sent in by women and giris according to published conditions. —_—— Associated Charities Ténight. The meeting of the Asscclated Charities announced in last evening's Star will be held this evening at the Fourth Presby- terian Church, corner of 9th street and Grant place. The business ef the meeting will be to vote on the new constitution, which the board has -unanimously recom- mended for adoption by the society, which, when adopted, will put the society upon a basis in accord with the views expressed at the November meeting by the Rev. Dr. McKim, Dr. Gallaudet, Senator Hawley and others. It contemplates such changes in method and plans of work as it is be- lieved will bring the organization up to the standards which experience in Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Baltimore and other cities has proven to be most effectual in remedying the evils of pauperism. eae Tomorrow's St. Asaph Entries, First race, seven furlongs—Longshanks, Lena H., Tim Flynn, Westover, Mote, Black Beauty, Misery, Hay Tay, Blue Bird, Red Star, Romeo, 105. Second race, six furlongs, maidens, sell- ing—Jimmie Lambly, Clovis, Gold Fly, King Rene, Fatal, By Gordon, Jerome, Vol- canic, Blue Bonnet, Bloodstone, Eufelda, Gretta McG., 105. Third race, five furlongs, two-year-olds, selling—Hallie, Gay 100; Torresdale, 106; Lottie, 103; Crescent, Mullaghmorc, Ben- nings, 100, Sir Carleton, Arabella, Leonidas, Lady Watson, Svengali, Treanna, 97. Fourth race, cne mile, selling—Gonzales, Fox Glove, 107; Dr. Helmuth, Tribute, Har- ry M., Geo, Hakes, Elizabeth, Hazel, Luke Richards, 104; Staffa, Mohawk, Valkyrie, 15. Fifth race, five and one-half furlongs, for all ages, selling—Dart, 110; Sonora, 107; Dutch Lou, Venuslerg, Johnny, 101; Annie T., Humming Bird, Prosper, 96; Little Ralph, 81. Sixth race, six and one-half urlongs, sell- ing—Balmoral, Top Gallant, Sixa, 108; Ponce d’ Leon, 105; Lumberman, 102; Claurece, 99; Nemo, 96; Gorman, ‘1; Juan- ita, 86. : ee A Masonite Election. Arminius Lodge, No. 25, F. A.*A. M., last night elected the following officers: Wm. F. Meyers, W. M.; Chas. Katzenstein, S. W.; Clemens Western, J. W.; H. H. Gerdes, secretary (re-elected); H. T. Ries, treasurer (re-elected); Wm. Berger, S. D.; Achille Burklin, J. D.; Henry Neumann, F. W. Waterholter, stewards; Chas. Bischoff, tiler (re-elected); proxies to Grand Lodge, Leon Adler, F. W. Spiess, John Toense; L. Gold- schmidt, representative to St. John’s Mite Association; M. Glaeser, delegate to Ma- sonic board of relief. Poor man's friend, Dr. Bull's Cough TURKEY'S MILITARY STRENGTH. Her Army and Navy and How Mep Are Secured. From the New York Herald. The regular army is composed of seven complete army corps and a strong division. Six of these are formed on the territorial system, buttalions being stationed in times of peace in the districts wher@in they are raised. Conscription is universal every- where in Turkey save in Constantinople it- self. The natives of the Turkish capital have the privilege cf exenption. Every other male subject, as soon as he arrives at the age of twenty-one, must present him- self at the military center of the district wherein he resides and draw for the ballot, The men who draw lucky numbers pass at once into the Iktihat, or class of immediate rescives; the others only reach this dignity after four years’ preliminary service in the regimert. Six years is the total period of service in the Nizam, or rank an@ file of the army. At the end of those six years the re- servist becomes a Redif for elght years, and then passes into the Mustafiz for the full period of his life during which he is capable of bearing arms. The Redifs and the Mustafiz hold themsclves ready to be called upon for military duty in times of war. It is not in the péace establishment of the regular army that the military strength of Turkey resides, but in the enormous ex- ~ pansion of which it is capable at short notice through the mobilization of the Redifs and the Mustafiz. The men are all in the country, and can be got together with the greatest ease, for the Mussulman Population is not a shifting one. Every Redif's name stands on the register, and the force is controlled by the system of muster amd inspection, which takes place every four months. Five thousand officers are distributed among the recruiting dis- tricts solely for this purpose. The actual standing army of 180,000 men could be in- creased to nearly 300,000 at short notice, Provided, of course, that there were su cient funds in the treasury. Therein lies Turkey's chief weakness. The Turkish Navy. The navy is manned by recruits selected from the population that lives on the bor- Gers of the Black sea. Many of them are Lares, a race specially fond of and specially fitted for seafaring pursuits. They are pa- tient, docile and easily trained, with the in- stinct of discipline strongly developed. The conscript, when, selected, is sent to Con- stantinople, where hé gets his first instruco- tion in the ordinary duties of a seaman on the depot ship. He then passes on to the gunnery vessel, an old wooden frigate ‘sta- tioned in the Golden Horn, where he learns the use of both great guns and small arms. His education is completed on board some ope of the squadron of gunboats which are continually moving about from port to port. Turkey has net had money enough to pur- chase the immense armaments which are the boast of her European neighbors. Yet her fieet is a respectable one, especially in view of her natural advantages of defe: She has some nineteen ironclads, ‘rigates and corvettes. This is the main element of her naval strength, although there are near- ly two hundred and fifty wooden vessels stationed for the maintenance of order at various points on the extensive coasts of the empire. Of these ironclads. three of the cor- vette class are usually away from Constan- tinople on service, two frigates and two cor- vettes are in the first reserve, always maintained in a position to proceed to sea at the shortest notice, and the remainder are lying temporarily dismantled, but ready for use within a fortnight’s time. The total active list of officers and men is 25,59), with a@ reserve of 36,500. ——+e+—_____ THE TEXAS BOUNDARY CASE. A Special Report to Congress by the Attorney General. The Texas boundary case, involving the title to an immense territory of great value, has been argued and submitted in the United States Supreme Court and will probably be decided during the present term. The At- torney General has made a special report on this case to Congress, in which he says: “Twenty-four hundred miles of land are involved, lying between the forks of the Red river of Natchitoches and east of the one hundredth meridian of longitude. This ter- ritory has come to be known as ‘Greer coun- ty’ because of the attempt of Texas to or- ganize it as a county pending her contro- versy with the United States concerning its ownership. The controversy depends on the meaning of the treaty of 1819 between Spain and the United States fixing the boundary line between the two countries, which treaty was In turn adopted by treaties of the United States with Mexico and with Texas. The treaty describes the line as running up Red river to the one hundredth meridian. Tex: claims that when the forks of the river are reached the line should follow the north branch. The United States claims that it should follow the sauth branch. “In spite of proclamations by President Arthur ins June, 1884, and by President Cleveland in December, 1887, Texas has en- couraged settlements in this territory, and if the decision shall be in favor of the United States the question will arise whether Con- gress should wholly disregard the claims of setffers, as it will have an undoubted right to do, or provide legislation by which they may be protected upon making reasonable payment for the land occupied. ‘The case was under the sole charge of Mr. Edgar Allan, as special counsel for the United States acting under the supervision of the Attorney General, down to the time of its argument. He has devoted much time and labor to its preparation, and shown great diligencesand capacity therein.” , See Shipped to England, From the New Orleans Picayune. Several large cargoes have been shipped away this season, a few days since the biggest cargo of corn on record being cleared; but Monday witnessed the clear- ance of the largest general cargo ever taken from New Orleans in a single vessel. The vessel referred to is the new British steamship American,belonging to the West India line, plying between this city and Liverpool. She is the largest freight ves- sel which ever visited the port, and will be used regularly in the New Orleans trade hereafter. . The cargo of the American consisted of 15,840 bales of cotton, 131,468 bushels of bulk corn, 12,300 feet of oak limber, 63,800 pounds of cottonseed, 7,74 sacks of cot- tonseed meal, 5,070 oak staves, 837 cases of prawns, 172 cases of tongues, 1000 pack ages of lard and 250 cases of meats. ~ALITTLEGIRL Con muke ‘Tree Orraments, Fancy Boxes, Fairk 1 tinsel, funcy paper. | Scraj lated Faper Dolls, Crepe ‘Thssi per roll). Materials for making paper flowe rs, ete, Come and see. a10-3t* | J. JAY GOULD, 421 9TH ST.